When big gets BIGGER!

Here's a truly massive monster from Rothand Studios.  It is made entirely of resin, and actually comes in some very manageable pieces.

It is quite the hulking beast, standing quite tall.  Here's a link to a painting article on the figure:

Part one:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/05/playing-with-fire-part-one-painting.html

Part Two:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/05/painting-with-fire-golem-continues.html

The base is also part of the figure, in case you were wondering!

Here's the final touches on the big guy:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-of-painting-with-fire-rothand.html

It was certainly an ideal subject for using those filbert brushes!!

Here he is next to a typical 28mm figure.  Yup... he's a biggie.

One last time!

Something to warm your heart on Christmas!

Here's a look back at something from Rothand Studios.  A massive fire golem!

This guy is HUGE!  I think the base alone is nearly six inches across!

Here's part one of a painting guide I made while working on him:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/05/playing-with-fire-part-one-painting.html

And part two:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/05/painting-with-fire-golem-continues.html

Part Three, with a little help from Secret Weapon powders:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/05/painting-with-fire-golem-continues.html

I just had to see what this bad boy was gonna look like on the red backdrop, which I have not used very often.  I think I may have to employ this again when I start doing some more Dark Eldar sets!

Go check them out!

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/04/colossal-monsters-from-rothand-studios.html

I wish for you all the best of the Holidays... family, friends, alone, out of town, out of country, serving overseas... whatever your circumstances.  Take care, and enjoy!

Sit by the fire and stay a while!!!!

Rothand Studios Lava Golem on the grey backdrop

I mentioned that I had some more images shot on a different background, and here they are. :-)

That is a much larger sheet, which mean that I could take a much bigger variety of angles, and also bring the camera in a little closer.

When the backdrop is too small, I have to pull way back, and that leads to much smaller images.  Plus, the neutral tone of the grey helps the lava to shine much more.  The black and other darks are also not as harsh as they might be perceived against the white.

In general, the blue to white fade seems to work well for the greatest variety of figures.  The smaller individual characters really fit this mould.

Speaking of mold, there must be a lot of it around, as it has done a number on me since we returned from CMON Expo.  It's been hard just to see at times.

That's one reason I have worked on this guy, along with lots of prep work the last week.  When you can hardly see or breathe, it's best to work on something big!  It's like giant type on a Kindle for readers with eye issues.

I look forward to this latest blast to pass by, since it it very difficult to do any small work.  I must have poked myself with the files a dozen times today alone ;-)

I was working on the glazing miniature today.  I should be posting images of that tomorrow at some point.  Glazing sure came in handy with this big boy!!  When I look at a lot of the back views or images from underneath, the orange and orange/red glazes toned down parts of the lava glow just enough to give specific points extra zip.

These few views really got me thinking about that topic...

Stay tuned for much more!

More of Painting with fire: The Rothand Studios Golem rises!!

OK!  Sorry for the delay, folks.  It's been one of those types of days.

Anyway, I don't think I have ever shown any pictures of mixing the Secret Weapon pigments together, so I snapped a few as I was doing some final work on the Lava Beast!!

You can see that the lighter greens have a distinctly different color temperature...

Which will make a difference when they are each mixed with the black to make an ashen look to the outer ends of the hands, shoulders, etc.

Once I had each mix set, I brushed it on to the ends of the fingers, shoulder spikes, and the base.

I also used some of the black to darken down some areas that I thought should not have any lava cracks showing through...

I shot some pictures on a neutral grey background.  Here is one of them.

This set was done on white.  Since my grey background is much larger than the white, I was able to get some different angles.  In this post, I will use the white backdrop, and show the grey set tomorrow...

This guy really is massive.  The base is 100 x 100mm square.

He is very solid, however, so you won't have to worry about him breaking! :-)

I think you could use this as a K'addai Destroyer in a pinch.

I will also try to get some size comparison shots for you tomorrow!

So, if you want to get your hands on this, go see the good folks at Rothand Studios... and check out their kickstarter!

Painting with fire... the Golem continues.

We proceed with the Fiery Golem!  At this point, we have gone through all the stages that involved the fluorescent paints.

Abima, Master of Fire, has led you well thus far!

The next color applied is Vallejo Cavalry Red.  Just as with the other layers, this one is placed with the large filbert brush, and allowed to mix a bit with the previous layers.

The entire miniature gets this treatment...

Next, I mixed a chocolate brown color with a blue-green so that we can start to cool down this lava!  The brown keeps the mixture from getting too grey too quickly.

You can see how this is not just darkening the non-hot lava areas.  It really does cool down the surfaces that are in contact with the air...

Once that is applied everywhere, we have to think about our darkest shadows.

Here is a closer view...

And from another angle.  I also took some orange glaze and toned down some of the brighter underlying yellows here and there, so that certain sections would stand out more, instead of everything being equally bright!

I used some dark washes of hard body black and blue-black, especially on the base and the biggest chunks of "cooled lava".

The end result of that series of washes and glazes...

At this point, I start to mix in a seafoam green color with some black in order to get a cool grey.  I concentrate most of the lightest lights on the base, the fingers, and the shoulders.

Stay tuned for the final conclusion!!!

And to the Indegogo campaign:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rothand-studio-epic-miniatures?fb_action_ids=10200478844685147&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582